Following the painful death of her father and brother in less than one year, Ruke Chico Ejiro,  the only daughter of the late Nigerian filmmaker,  Chico Ejiro, has shared her heartache.

Ruke, a Mass Communucation graduate, lost her father on Dec. 25, 2020, and lost her brother, Eloviano Chico-Ejiro, yesterday, Nov. 15, 2021.The death of her father was really hard on her and Ruke, who calls herself a daddy’s girl, had written a touching tribute to her dad following his passing.

Now, following her brother’s death, she took to her Instagram Stories to write: “I cried too much this year.”